An open letter to FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter

Dear Mr Blatter

Mon, 19 Oct, 2009 - 01:00

Paul Kelly

Today’s seeded draw for the World Cup play-offs has been on our minds a lot recently – ever since we alerted the Irish public on September 25 to aninexplicable change in FIFAprocedures for the draw, in fact.

In the interests of fair play and sporting values, we’d like FIFA to ponder five points.

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